Hello,
My problem is pretty complicated and I'm at a complete loss on what to do next.
From the start, I bought my pc about 8 months ago, it ran well but I wanted to get a bit more of a bang from it so I went from a gtx 960 to a gtx 970 and upgraded my psu to an XFX TS 650w 80+ gold. Everyone was fine and it ran great. I decided however, when the pascal line came out, I wanted another upgrade. I bought an MSI gtx 1070 gaming x, an i7 4790 (non k) and a h55 corsair cpu liquid cooler.
That is when the trouble started. It ran perfectly but after a couple of days, it started to give off a strange smell from the top of the pc, it wasn't a burning smell as such, more of a chemical smell that hurt my eyes and throat. I asked around and they said it could have been burning in/gassing off smell of new components. So I let it run for a week, which seemed to help a little but the pain in my eyes and throat still occured when using it. 3 weeks or so later and I still have the issue. I removed the cpu cooler, thinking it was the issue, the smell was less but the burning sensation remained. Next I replaced the 1070 with the 970, which again didn't fix it.
For the record, I've been monitoring the temps the whole time through cpuid hw monitor and they've been well within safe temperatures even with the stock cpu cooler
I am at a complete loss on what it could be and would greatly appreciate it if anyone could help.
I'm thinking at taking out the psu and replacing it but it doesn't smell and isn't hot to touch so I dunno if that could be it.
Current specs if it helps:
I7 4790 with stock cooler
MSI B85-E45 motherboard
MSI GTX 1070 gaming X gpu
XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold
850 evo 500gb ssd
1TB Seagate hdd
16gb corsair vengeance 1600mhz ram
Phanteks Enthoo Pro M case
My problem is pretty complicated and I'm at a complete loss on what to do next.
From the start, I bought my pc about 8 months ago, it ran well but I wanted to get a bit more of a bang from it so I went from a gtx 960 to a gtx 970 and upgraded my psu to an XFX TS 650w 80+ gold. Everyone was fine and it ran great. I decided however, when the pascal line came out, I wanted another upgrade. I bought an MSI gtx 1070 gaming x, an i7 4790 (non k) and a h55 corsair cpu liquid cooler.
That is when the trouble started. It ran perfectly but after a couple of days, it started to give off a strange smell from the top of the pc, it wasn't a burning smell as such, more of a chemical smell that hurt my eyes and throat. I asked around and they said it could have been burning in/gassing off smell of new components. So I let it run for a week, which seemed to help a little but the pain in my eyes and throat still occured when using it. 3 weeks or so later and I still have the issue. I removed the cpu cooler, thinking it was the issue, the smell was less but the burning sensation remained. Next I replaced the 1070 with the 970, which again didn't fix it.
For the record, I've been monitoring the temps the whole time through cpuid hw monitor and they've been well within safe temperatures even with the stock cpu cooler
I am at a complete loss on what it could be and would greatly appreciate it if anyone could help.
I'm thinking at taking out the psu and replacing it but it doesn't smell and isn't hot to touch so I dunno if that could be it.
Current specs if it helps:
I7 4790 with stock cooler
MSI B85-E45 motherboard
MSI GTX 1070 gaming X gpu
XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold
850 evo 500gb ssd
1TB Seagate hdd
16gb corsair vengeance 1600mhz ram
Phanteks Enthoo Pro M case
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